Itinerary

Monday, October 31

Depart


Our spiritual adventure begins as we depart from the US/Canada for our long-awaited destination! If you are arriving from an alternate country, please refer to the FAQs for specified arrival/departure information.

Israel

Tuesday, November 1

Welcome to Israel


Your Day Includes

  • Arrive Tel Aviv (TLV) - you will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel
  • Welcome Dinner - enjoy dinner and fellowship as you rest and prepare for the incredible journey awaiting you!

Overnight

Inbal Hotel – Jerusalem

Southern Temple Steps

Wednesday, November 2

Birth, Baptism, & Temptation


Your Day Includes

  • Bethlehem Overlook from Herodium - a view of Bethlehem from atop the fortress built by Herod the Great
  • Shepherds’ Field - a serene hillside overlooking Bethlehem where shepherds tended their flock
  • Qasr el Yahud - the traditional site on the Jordan River where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist
  • Wadi Qilt - the wilderness where Jesus was tempted by Satan
  • Southern Temple Steps - part of extensive excavations that have unearthed steps from the time of Jesus leading up to the Temple Mount

Overnight

Inbal Hotel – Jerusalem

Nazareth Village

Thursday, November 3

Acceptance in Samaria & Rejection at Nazareth


Your Day Includes

  • Mount Precipice - a panoramic vista overlooking the Jezreel Valley from Nazareth
  • Nazareth Village - a reenacted first-century Galilean village
  • Sepphoris - the ruins of a wealthy Roman city with an extensive mosaic collection
  • Cana Overlook - overlook of the town where Jesus performed His first recorded miracle by turning water into wine at a wedding
  • Mount Arbel - a stunning vista of the Sea of Galilee and sites of Jesus’ public ministry

Overnight

Magdala Hotel – Migdal

Sea of Galilee

Friday, November 4

Move to Capernaum & Rejection Anticipated


Your Day Includes

  • Mount of Beatitudes - the traditional place where Christ delivered the Sermon on the Mount, including the Beatitudes
  • Primacy of Peter Church - the traditional place where Christ prepared a meal for His disciples and instructed Peter to care for His sheep
  • Capernaum - the town and synagogue where Jesus preached during His Galilean ministry
  • Chorazin - the community Jesus rebuked for their lack of faith
  • Boat Ride – Sea of Galilee - sail the Sea of Galilee in a replica of a boat from Jesus’ time
  • Ancient Galilee Boat - a fishing boat dating back to the 1st century, discovered on the shore of the Sea of Galilee
  • Magdala - the hometown of Mary Magdalene and a newly discovered Archaeological site. Visit the only first-century synagogue to have been found around the Sea of Galilee.

Overnight

Magdala Hotel – Migdal

View from Mount Bental

Saturday, November 5

The Training of the Twelve


Your Day Includes

  • Bethsaida - the city known as the “house of fishing” at the time of Christ
  • Caesarea Philippi - where Peter professed, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
  • Mount Hermon - the tallest mountain in Israel and a possible site of the Transfiguration
  • Kursi Overlook - the traditional site where demons entered the swine after being cast out of the demoniac
  • Baptism in the Sea of Galilee - a unique opportunity to be baptized or re-dedicated in the Sea of Galilee
  • Susita/Hippas - a major city in the Decapolis near the Eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. Susita is believed to be the town where the man healed of demons went to proclaim all Jesus had done for him

Overnight

Magdala Hotel – Migdal

Beth She’an

Sunday, November 6

Jesus Sets His Face Toward Jerusalem


Your Day Includes

  • Beth She’an / Scythopolis - the ruins of a Roman city, and the site where the Philistines displayed the bodies of King Saul and his sons
  • Bethany / Bethpage - the cities on the Mount of Olives where Jesus stayed before his triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday
  • Mount of Olives - a hill overlooking Jerusalem from the east where Jesus ascended to heaven
  • Dominus Flevit on Palm Sunday Road - walk in the footsteps of Jesus down Palm Sunday Road and visit a church commemorating Christ’s weeping over Jerusalem

Overnight

Inbal Hotel – Jerusalem

Western Wall

Monday, November 7

Passion Week


Your Day Includes

  • Temple Mount - where the second Jewish Temple once stood, now home of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque
  • Pool of Bethesda / St. Anne’s Church - the pool where Jesus healed an infirm man
  • Pool of Siloam - the pool built by King Hezekiah where Jesus sent the man born blind to be healed
  • Pilgrim Road - the route utilized by Jewish worshipers as they would come to Jerusalem for the feasts. The first-century road leads from the Pool of Siloam up to the site of the Second Temple
  • Southern Temple Steps - part of extensive excavations that have unearthed steps from the time of Jesus leading up to the Temple Mount
  • Western “Wailing” Wall - a section of the Temple Mount foundation dating back to the 2nd Temple Period and the most sacred Jewish site in Jerusalem
  • Western Wall Tunnel - an underground excavation project which has exposed the full length of the Western Wall

Overnight

Inbal Hotel – Jerusalem

Garden Tomb

Tuesday, November 8

Passion Week


Your Day Includes

  • Upper Room - the traditional location of the Last Supper
  • Saint Peter in Gallicantu - the traditional location of Caiaphas’ House where Jesus was taken after His arrest (from here you will also capture a panoramic view of the City of David)
  • Kidron Valley - a walk through the valley on the eastern side of the Old City of Jerusalem, separating the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives; the main burial grounds of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period
  • Garden of Gethsemane / Private Garden - the traditional location where Jesus prayed the night he was betrayed
  • Church of the Holy Sepulchre - the traditional site of Jesus’ crucifixion
  • Garden Tomb - a memorable communion service and an ancient tomb similar to the one in which Christ was buried
  • Farewell Dinner - a special dinner to rejoice and reminisce over the extraordinary days spent together

Overnight

Inbal Hotel – Jerusalem

Wednesday, November 9

Homeward Bound


With heart-changing memories of our walk in the footsteps of history, we arrive back home. May we never be the same!

*Itinerary is subject to change. To best serve the group, the schedule may be altered or substitutions made at the discretion of your tour leader and guide.